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Oct 30, 2024 · Ingles Markets, the Black Mountain-based grocery chain, suffered $35 million to $55 million in property and inventory losses from Tropical Storm Helene, the company announced Tuesday. Insurance is expected to cover $10 million to $15 million of that, according to a news release, leaving the company with up to $40 million in losses.
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To Dr. Ruchi Moore and her colleagues at Asheville’s Laurel OB/GYN, Hurricane Helene’s onslaught felt like a rerun of the COVID-19 pandemic “plus just an insane snowstorm.”. The storm shuttered the practice, leaving patients in crisis, and destroyed one employee’s home. But Moore and her staff plan to reopen today, even though they ...
Buncombe’s blackout: Severed fiber lines made it impossible to …
Sep 30, 2024 · Nearly 70 percent of western North Carolina’s cell phone towers and equipment are out of service, leaving hundreds of thousands with limited or no cell phone signal, according to federal communications data. Almost all of the towers withstood the damaging winds from Hurricane Helene, but fiber optic lines severed primarily by fallen trees caused a […]
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Oct 23, 2024 · For the first time in North Carolina history, a majority of voters will have cast their ballots before Election Day. by TOM FIEDLER November 4, 2024. Buncombe County could be two-thirds of the way toward finishing its contribution to the 2024 elections if the turnout after Election Day remains as it was in 2020 when 78 percent of the state’s ...
City of Asheville’s updates on Helene’s aftermath
Sep 30, 2024 · The following are the city of Asheville’s updates on the aftermath of Hurricane Helene since Sunday afternoon. You can find updates here. Find recovery resources here. Updates by local radio: Public officials are holding news briefings each day at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The briefings are streamed live on the Buncombe County Facebook Page and have ...
City banking on quicker water restoration by first fixing North Fork ...
Oct 5, 2024 · Twice in two decades, enormous transmission lines have washed out at North Fork Reservoir after torrential, hurricane-induced rain events, leaving city residents without water for days on end. In September 2004, a historic rain event spawned by a hurricane pummeled the Black Mountain and Swannanoa areas, causing a catastrophic failure of the City of Asheville’s […]
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13 of 16 Buncombe cases of gastrointestinal illness post-Helene …
5 days ago · Buncombe County is facing an outbreak of bacteria-related illness in the wake of Helene triggered by one type of microorganism that is far outpacing others and likely brought on by hand hygiene and food handling issues. Since the storm, there have been 16 cases of gastrointestinal illness in Buncombe related to four common, powerful bacteria, […]
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Dec 12, 2023 · Potable water finally arrives in Buncombe, days after city and county officials asked the state for assistance. by JOHN BOYLE September 30, 2024. Anticipating widespread damage and water outages from Tropical Storm Helene, the city of Asheville and Buncombe County ordered potable water from the state before the storm even hit on Sept. 27.